The galaxy is ruled by the Dominion of Great Galactic Order (D.O.G.G.O.), led by the tyrannical Dog King. Their fleets crush resistance cells across the stars while the heroic T.A.I.L. (Tactical Association for Interstellar Liberation) teeters on the brink of extinction.
\nIn a last desperate move, T.A.I.L. unveils Project Panther - a one-of-a-kind prototype starfighter with experimental feline stealth and agility technology.\nAs the lone pilot, you must infiltrate deep into DOGGO territory, upgrade your fragile craft, and ultimately bring down the Dog King.
\nSmall ship. Big mission. Nine lives won’t be enough.
\n","source":"dazsim/js13k-2025","stars":0,"comments":[{"at":410348137,"author":"F肯尼","login":"kennyfully881230","gh":208875314,"text":"This game was very rewarding! I like the surprise at the end and the fact that the levels can loop over with the current upgrades!
\nThank you for making this game!
\n","games":["Heimao"]},{"at":410349141,"author":"Andy Sommerville","login":"aksommerville","gh":1869768,"url":"http://aksommerville.com","text":"Real nice!
\nOne thing I noticed is when you get hurt, the blinking is slow and he’s transparent as often as opaque. It would read better if you up the frequency a bit, and make the opaque half of the cycle longer than the transparent half. I kind of lose the sprite visually, as is.
\nScore = 52900
\n","games":["Nine Lives"]},{"at":410383798,"author":"Cliff Earl","login":"Antix-Development","gh":17822130,"text":"I like shooting games. I like them even better when the controls system is explained wither in the description, or the game.
\nYou provided instruction on how to navigate the main menu, but not the game!
\nBesides that, I found the super basic shooting action okay. I had no idea how to use the cloak so the main ability of the cat was never used sadly.
\n","games":["Black Cat - Nine Lives, No Mercy"]},{"at":410392126,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"I really enjoyed playing this game. I had no idea that was a shop coming at me the first time so I just started blasting away, LOL. I loved the yellow laser beam glow off whatever those enemies are later on. The asteroid belt visual in the middle look great too.
\nI did have to guess what the controls were (although I still don’t know how to use the cloak or how it powers up). Once I figured the controls out it was fun to play. The player death animation feels a little “double punishment” in that I’ve lost a life and I also can’t really see where I am when my ship disappears like that constantly for a few seconds. Instead of going totally invisible, possibly just go transparent instead?
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"at":410393447,"author":"nihdao","login":"Nihdao","gh":74270287,"url":"adamalet.fr","text":"Fun game, I enjoyed playing it! At first when I saw the shop I tried to kill it haha!
\n","games":["Clicker Pawry"]},{"at":410396742,"author":"Andrew Higson-Smith","login":"ElementalSystems","gh":4255763,"url":"www.elementalsystems.co.za","text":"Fun to play - a little more explanation of the mechanics (cloaking etc) would have gone far - some sweet graphics.
\n","games":["Wake the Cat"]},{"at":410409727,"author":"Elliot Nelson","login":"elliot-nelson","gh":58273,"url":"https://7tonshark.com","twitter":"7tonshark","text":"Simple game and tried-and-true format, but well put together! The sound effects were old-school but sounded OK, controls are responsive, and on theme.
\nSuggested improvements: the game is a bit too easy, especially once you have a few upgrades - around level 7 I could just hold down spacebar and down-arrow without moving, kill everything and collect all the metal. (One solution here would be to remove the vertical wrap-around feature.) Also, I never did figure out how to fire my rocket launcher, perhaps there’s a button I missed.
\nGraphics-wise, the blink after your ship gets hit makes it quite hard to see – consider speeding up the blink speed, or, instead of blinking “on/off”, toggle between regular sprite and a “lightened” version of the sprite (this is a classic visual indicator of temporary invulnerability).
\nFine-tuning aside, I enjoyed it!
\n","games":["Ashes of Ulthar"]},{"at":410482711,"author":"Javi Agenjo","login":"jagenjo","gh":393515,"url":"http://tamats.com","twitter":"tamat","text":"Nice presentation, maybe improving the background would had made the game feel less empty.
\nAlso adding some velocity to the player would add some extra complexity, otherwise it feels very simple.
\nGood work
\n","games":["Pacific Black Cats"]},{"at":410484362,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Very good graphics and soud. I’d love to see some more variety/novelty in the gameplay.
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"at":410503165,"author":"Zang0l0tino","login":"Zang0l0tino","gh":167128079,"text":"Good game, but I think you should add a few quicker obstacles or some velocity to the cat so that it’s less simple. Also, I think your shield shouldn’t decrease when you take a hit with cloak on. Good luck!
\n","games":["The Black Cat's Escape"]},{"at":410507844,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"🔫 A classic shoot’em up style, quite enjoyable overall. Maybe adding a small twist or extra mechanic could make it stand out even more.
\n","games":["Witchcat"]},{"at":410935434,"author":"Attila Horváth","login":"attilahorvath","gh":4081005,"text":"Nice little classic shmup. I liked the graphics and the sound effects and the little details, like the explosions or the way you can wrap around the edges of the screen and the variety of enemies and weapons.
\nThe game felt a bit too easy though, I was never in real danger, especially after a few upgrades so it didn’t feel challenging enough. It also felt a bit slow, I think it would be more fun if everything moved quicker and more chaotically.
\nWell done on the game overall!
\n","games":["A Voiding Your Problems"]},{"at":410952448,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"Nice and easy to pick up the controls and understand the mission
\nAlthough I thought the mice-looking objects were meant to be collected as they were distinctly different from the “asteroids?” that they appeared to be something to go for
\nI was a little confused as to why the cat went invisible, then appeared when hit by objects
\nStill it was fun to play
\nThe shake effect works well
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"typ":2,"at":411056948,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"Great work on the Space Invaders take. I liked the sound effects. You could definitely do with some music too (you definitely have some kBs for it). The swishing sound effect for the metal was a little confusing; I thought it was birds outside my room :P so I was wondering how to collect the metal.
\nI like that you included different enemies; like mouse, worm, etc. The shop is a nice touch, and the controls are nice and smooth. The level progression is good. Great execution, and fairly addictive game.
\nWould have been nice to see some more “dog themed” things if the enemy is a dog; ie. throwing bones, balls, dog bowls etc.
\nThe shop could have been a cat themed shop too; just some ideas for that little extra mile.
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411940505,"author":"Björn Ritzl","login":"britzl","gh":1300688,"url":"www.defold.com","twitter":"bjornritzl","text":"Nice starting point for a shoot’em up! The shooting sound quickly becomes very repetitive. Maybe you could vary the pitch of the sound a bit?
\nIt looks like the enemies/asteroids are more or less randomly spawned? I would have liked to see some classic shoot’em up attack patterns to make it a bit more predictable to the player.
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